FP iMac & dialup internet problems

My new iMac is great, but one thing I have noticed in both Earthlink, which I'm trying out since I get 30 days free, and AOL is that internet connections are much slower than they were with my older iMac. Do any other FP owners have the same problem? I also have a lot of disconnects from Earthlink. I'm not sure if it's my modem or if it's some problem with OS X and Internet Connect. Thanks.

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i have verizon dsl and use aol for mail. i find that aol has trouble responding to os x. whenever i send an email, 8 out of 10 times, it will hang for a loooooong time, and then come back with a message, "the system has not responded." in fact, i am so sick of it, i have started using a non-aol account for mail (and have no problems with my internet connection outside of aol).